and the author of “Can’t Beat ’Em, Eat ’Em,” a cookbook with recipes for 40 invasive species, including nutrias. “It was crockpot nutria,” Mr. Parola said. “You get the hind and ...

After 20-plus years in the world of fine French dining, chef Phillipe Parola started developing recipes for invasive species ... detailing how to identify nutria by their arched backs, white whiskers, ...

For a nutria recipe, Erin Higgins, a digital strategist for the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, suggests a Louisiana tradition. “Nutria gumbo,” she wrote in a post entitled “Eat the Invaders.” ...

Nutria can specifically be found along the Gulf Coast, in the Pacific Northwest and in the Southeastern United States. Its exact population, though, is unknown. The rat-like behemoth is larger ...

The invasive marshland rodent is wreaking havoc but California residents can do their part by catching and eating them, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service says.

Cooking up the swamp rats could be ... pointing to a recipe from the Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries Alligator & Fur Division. Per TPWD, nutria are considered nuisance fur-bearing ...

You heard it right. That rodent is called *** nutria. Some refer it as *** water rat. The large semi-aquatic rodents are considered an invasive species, according to the US Fish and Wildlife Service.